Big Brother Africa: The Chase started on Sunday after a wonderful launch. As the live show was being hosted by IK Osakioduma in South Africa, former housemates and other personalities as well as the media converged at the plush Villa Monticelo in Accra to watch the 28 housemates enter the house.
The launch event in Accra dubbed ‘Big Brother Africa: The Chase’ was attended by three former Big Brother Africa housemates-Alex Biney, also known as Bomaye who partnered the CEO of Aphrodisiac Night Club, Confidence Haugen for the Big Brother Amplified in 2011.
From Big Brother Stargame, two of three representatives from Ghana, Keitta and Eazzy were also present.
As a proud sponsor of this year’s show, Airtel Ghana’s Head of Corporate Communications, Donald Gwira and Corporate Relations Manager, Kwame Gyan were present to witness the launch.
Donald Gwira at the event said, Airtel’s wonderful packages and promotions would be announced and made public in the course of the show.
Ghana is being represented in the Big Brother Africa house: The Chase by Elikem and Selly (Selorm).
Read about them below…
Selly
Age: 25
An actress with a certificate in Broadcasting and Journalism, Selly is from Tema in Accra. She entered Big Brother because of “the mouth-watering prize package” that she says would change her life, and also because she wants more drama in her life to “spice it up more”.
She enjoys watching Fashion Police, SpongeBob Squarepants and Keeping Up With The Kardashians and her favourite movies include Kill Bill and Charlie’s Angels. Selly’s favourite musicians are Bruno Mars, Praye, D’Banj, Samini, Rihanna and Sarkodie and one of her favourite actress is Angelina Jolie because she’s “strong and daring”.
Her role model is her mother, who is a very ambitious and strong-willed woman who has succeeded in everything she set her mind to. Her boyfriend has influenced her life because he is extremely optimistic about life and has taught her to believe in herself. Her proudest achievement to date is winning talent search ‘Miss Goldenwood’, which got her movie roles and made her popular.
Describing herself as “spontaneous, kind, sensitive, no-nonsense and adventurous”, Selly dislikes back-biting, fake people and sycophants. She says viewers can expect dancing, cooking and entertainment from her.
If she wins the grand prize, she’ll further her education, buy her mom a car, throw a huge party, start her dream business, renovate her mother’s house and buy herself a car.
Elikem
Age: 24
Tailor and actor Elikem is single and hails from Accra. His favourite foods include unripe plantain and kontomire, his favourite book is Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and he enjoys the music of Bruno Mars.
On the silver screen, his favourite movies include Man on Fire and The Sound of Music. Denzel Washington and Samuel L Jackson are his favourite actors – the former because he’s bold, confident and a natural and the latter because “he has made the black man proud”.
His father played a big role in his life, because he came from a very poor background and hustled his way through school and returned to take care of his family. Elikem’s proudest achievement is completing his university degree after deferring a year and not wanting to return and finish.
Elikem entered Big Brother for three things: the money, the exposure and the game play. He says it’s great that Africa will be watching him 24/7 because he’ll get a chance to show the continent who he is and what he can do and promote himself as a tailor and actor.
He has grand plans for the big prize: he’ll host a fashion fundraiser, open 3 retail stores in Accra – and 3 more abroad – and shoot a star-filled movie before putting what’s left into investments and bonds
Check out the below photos from the launch
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daaaaaamn elikem wants to do all that with that money??? hell how much is the price??lol